(at the track) at the horse races one saturday afternoon gavin jones studies the racing form and concludes that the horse no arbitrage has a 25% chance to win and is posted at 4 to 1 odds. (for every dollar gavin bets, he rece $5 if the horse wins and nothing if it loses.) he can either bet on this horse or keep his money in his pocket. gavin decides that he has a square-root utility for money. (a) what fraction of his money should gavin bet on no arbitrage? (b) what is the implied winning payoff of a $1 bet against no arb

Which of the following statements is correct? large corporations are taxed more favorably than sole proprietorships. corporate stockholders are exposed to unlimited liability. due to limited liability, unlimited lives, and ease of ownership transfer, the vast majority of u.s. businesses (in terms of number of businesses) are organized as corporations. most businesses (by number and total dollar sales) are organized as partnerships or proprietorships because it is easier to set up and operate in one of these forms rather than as a corporation. however, if the business gets very large, it becomes advantageous to convert to a corporation, mainly because corporations have important tax advantages over proprietorships and partnerships. most business (measured by dollar sales) is conducted by corporations in spite of large corporations’ often less favorable tax treatment, due to legal considerations related to ownership transfers and limited liability.

Fill in the missing words to correctly complete each sentence about analyzing a job posting. when reviewing a job posting, it’s important to check theto determine whether it’s worth your time to apply. if the post has been up for a while or it’s already closed, move on to the next position. if it’s still available, take note of when it closes so you’ll know when you mayfrom the company in regard to an interview.

Horace society is planning its annual western fair raceway gala. the gala committee has assembled the following expected costs for the event: dinner (per person) $10 gaming token and program (per person) $2 prize payouts $4,300 tickets and advertising $800 private box suite rental $1,700 lottery licenses $200 the committee members would like to charge $40 per person for the evening’s activities.required: 1. what is the break-even point for the dinner-dance (in terms of the number of persons who must attend)? 2. assume that last year only 200 persons attended the dinner-dance. if the same number attend this year, what price per ticket must be charged in order to break even? 3. refer to the original data ($40 ticket price per person). prepare a cvp graph for the dinner- dance from zero tickets up to 600 tickets sold.